Splasher back for stoves



June 21, 1927. 1 ,633,089

F- A. GERClCH I SPLASHER BACK FOR STOVES Filed Aug. 1, 1925 IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY Patented June 21, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK .A..GERCICH, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SPLASHER BACK FOR STOVES.

Application filed August 1, 1925. -Serial No. 47,409.

section of the planes of the plate and an other'surface such as the sideof the oven, and which may be effectively and directly secured to suchoven or the like without the use of separate attaching strips or plates.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a stove of the classdescribed, a splasher back having an upper section arranged to extendcompletely across the stove and to be held in position without the useof bolts or similar fastening means.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some ofwhich, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the followingdescription of the preferred form of my invention which is illustratedin the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. Itis to be understood that I do not limit myself to the showing made bythe said drawings and description, as I may adopt variations of thepreferred form within the scope of my invention as set forth in theclaims.

Referring to. said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stoveequipped with the splasher back of my in vention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 22in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3+3in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line tlin Figure 3. t

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view similar to that of Figure 2, but showinga splash back of different shape at its end.

As here shown, the splasher back 5 of my invention is applied to a stove6 having a' cooking top 7 and an oven 8, the latter being disposed to aside of and extending above the level of the former so that aside wall 9thereof extends upwardly from the cooking .top at one end. The splasherback is preferably formed with plate sections 11 and 12, the formerbeing vertically disposed in the space directly back of the cooking topand] arranged to extend substantially to the level of the oven top 13,while the'latter is arranged to extend as a continuation of the formeracross the full length of the stove above the section 11 and the oventop. Support for the splasher back sections 11 and 12, it will be noted,is hereby shown provided by. means of their suitable attachment to theoven at one end and by means of a common supporting bracket 14positioned at the other end and fixed to the cooking Atop.

As is well known, the removal of greasy products, and, particularly suchas those produced by the cooking process, is at best 'idii'iicult, andparticularly so from any crev ices exlstlng 1n the surface of lodgement.

Obviously the right angle corner defined at the intersection of thesplash plate 11 and the oven wall 9, would present the before mentioneddifliculty of cleaning, and the elimination of such difliculty is, ashereinbefore stated, an object of my invention. As here shown, the plate11 is formed with a vertically disposed corrugation or offset 16extending forwardly therefrom and adjacent side'edge portion 1'?arranged to lie against and be secured to the back wall 18 of the oven.The offset 16, it will be noted, as shown .in Figure 2, comprises asubstantially quarter are portiontlS) curving forwardly from the frontsurface of the plate 11 to a transversely extending portion 21, defininga face whichis arranged to abutv the oven wall 9 when the plate 11 isproperly positioned thereagainst. In this manner, the offset serves toprovide the equivalentof a mold filler for the corner defined by theplate 11 and'wall 9, but since in the 1 present structurethe offset isintegral with the plate 11, the problem of fixing aseparate bead ofappropriate shape in such corner is entirely avoided. While the offsetis here shown as having the external form of a mold, it will be obviousthat other forms such as the quarter round offset 22 shown in. Figure 5may be utilized to the same or equal advantage. It will further beobvious that a similar offset may, if desired, be provided in the plateat its other end adjacent and cooperating With'the'bracket 14 forattachment thereto. The bracket 1a is preferably formed with lower andupper sections 23 and Qtrespectively, the section 23 extending from thestove cooking top to the level of the oven and arranged to have thelower splash plate 11 fixed thereto, while the upper section '24 isarranged to. cooperate with a bracket 26, preferably of like form,reinovably fixed onthe top ofth'e oven, to hold, in a manner to behereinafter described, the upper plate 12. As here shown, there isprovided a shelf 27 provided with downwardly extending end flanges 28,and an ofi's'etlongitudinally extending portion 29 is convenientlyincluded in the splashe'r back structure under which the rear edge'otthebracket engages, it being noted that the shelf is preferably positionedon a level with the oven top and between-it and the bracket,and isarranged to be secured by in'eans'ot" the appropriate fiangesbothto theovehsid'e9 and splash plate 11 at their respective top edges in anydesired manner. The end flange 28 which registers with the bracket ls',it will be particularly noted, is arranged to be secured to the bracketby means of the same bolts 32 which fix the bracket sections A?) and 24Ltogether.

Referring more particularly to the upper bracket section 2i and thebracket 26 mounted on the oven, it will now be noted that the opposingfaces thereof are provided with forward and rear bosses 33 and extendingtherefrom, and so arranged that when the ends 36 of the upperplate 12are positioned between and abutting the brackets, the plate ends willengage with and between the bosses in such Inanne' as to prevent themovement of the plate in any direction. In this manner, the plate 12 isarranged to be gripped in position without the necessity of perforatingthe same or providing special holding means. The forward boss 33,it willbe noted, preferably extends substantially the full height of the plate,so that a particularly neat joint is provided which conceals the plateend 36 when viewed obliquely from the front. The structure hereindescribed, it will now be noted, allows the assembly of the upperportion of the sp'lasher back independently or that of the lowerportion, which feature is particularly valuable in packing a stove forshipment, since the brackets 24 and 26 and the plate 12 may be omittedfrom a primary assembly of the stove parts and yet be readily positionedafter the destination is reached and the stove is unpacked.

I claim: I

l. Iii a' stove having a cooking. top and an oven positioned laterallyof and extending above the level otthe cooking top, a splash platearranged to heat the rear of the cookrag top witli the major portionthereofsub Saran-any coplaiiartwitli' the oven back and Having anintermediate portion a'i-r asgedto contact with a side of said ovenforwardly havingan intermediate portion thereof arranged'to lie alongthe adjacent side of the oven. 7 n V 3. Ina stove having a cooking topand an oven positioned laterally of and extending above the level of thecooking top, a splash plate arranged tolie atthe rear of the cookingtopsubstantially in the plane of theba'ck wall of the oven and having anedge portion with its face arranged to engage the back wall of saidoven, and a vertically disposed integral corrugation extending,forwardly from. said plate of substantially quarten round sectionarranged to lie in the corner defined at the juncture of the said plateand adjacent side of said oven. 7

l. In a.- stove having a cooking top and an oven positioned laterally ofandextending above the level of the cooking top, a splash plate arrangedto be fixed at the rear of the cooking top substantially in the plane ofthe back wall of the oven and extendingto the level of said oven, saidplate being formed with a vertically disposed corrugation. extendingforwardly therefrom adjacent an edge thereof and arranged to lie in thecorner defined by the planes of said plate and the intersecting side ofsaid oven, a-bracket arranged to be fixed at the other edge of saidplate, a horizontal shelf plate connected to and between said bracketand said side of the oven substantially in the plane of the top of saidoven, a back plate positionable in a vert'cal planeabove and at the rearof said shelf and oven top, andcooperating brackets respectivelyattachable to said first brackst and the out'erside of said ovenarranged to engage and hold said back plate positioned between them. I

5. In: astove having a cooking top and a oven positioned laterally ofand extending above the level of the cooking top, asplash platearranged, to be fixed at the rear of the cooking top substantially inthe plane of the back wall of the ovenv and extending to the top and tothe adjacent edgeof said oven, a bracket fixed at the free side edge ofsaid plate, a horizontal shelf plate connected to and between saidbracket and the adjacent side of the oven, a back plate positionable inavertical plane above and at; the rear of said shelf and oven top,cooperating brackets respectively attacliable toi said first brackettheouter sidejofsaid oven, and iiieans re *i-ned integral was saiddeepenin sleek ets arranged to engage opposite sides of said back plateand hold the same vertically positioned between said brackets.

6. In a stove having a cooking top and an oven positioned laterally ofand extending above the level of the cooking top adjacent one endthereof, a bracket positioned at the other end of said top and extendingabove the level thereof, a splash plate at the rear of said top andhaving one end fixed to said oven and the other end to said bracket,said plate having a vertically disposed integral corrugation adjacenteach of said ends thereof and lying in the corners respectively at thejuncture of said plate and oven and at the juncture of said plate andbracket.

7. In a stove having a cooking top and a stove member extending abovethe level of said top and positioned adjacent the juncture of theadjoining sides thereof, a splash plate extending upwardly from one ofsaid sides of the top, means to secure an end of said plate to saidmember, and avertically disposed integral corrugation formed in saidplate adjacent said end arranged to lie in the corner defined at thejuncture of said plate and member to conceal said securing means.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Oakland,California, this 10th day of July, 1925.

FREDERICK A. GERCIOH.

